CMS.gov

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Modernizing Medicare to Take Advantage of the Latest Technologies. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Modernizing Medicare to Take Advantage of the Latest Technologies. However, while medical technology is developing at a rapid pace, Medicare’s payment systems haven’t always been as quick to change.

Medicare 44

Medicare Medicare Payment Systems FDA 44

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

News The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule continues many telehealth flexibilities first adopted during the public health emergency, such as an expanded scope of originating sites an expanded definition of qualified practitioners. RapidAI received FDA clearance for Rapid SDH , which helps to detect bleeding in the brain.

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Payment Systems Public Health Medicare Medicare 106

Hall Render

AUGUST 10, 2023

On August 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its Final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) and Long-Term Care Hospital (“LTCH”) PPS rule for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024 (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule increases the rate for IPPS payments by 3.3%

Hospitals 40

Hospitals Medicare Medicare Medicaid 40

Redox

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The FDA has approved more than 500 AI and machine learning models for medical use—most of which are in radiology. In 2022, the FDA announced that some types of risk-scoring tools were to be regulated as medical devices. However, regulations exist to validate that AI algorithms are clinically robust and safe to use.

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FDA Hospitals Medicare Medicare 69

HIT Consultant

JUNE 7, 2023

PTs are being squeezed to optimize productivity while maintaining standards for clinical documentation and compliance, recording standardized outcome measures, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) reporting, all while focusing on professional development. He is an alumnus of the IDF’s elite Talpiot program.

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Payment Systems FDA Medicaid Medicaid 52

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

Staff members were unsure if Medicare and Medicaid would honor the prospective payment-system rate. Decisions were not made yet on the level of payment. Purchasing devices and platforms due to pricing was a concern, and HIPAA-compliant platforms and cybersecurity [were concerns] for PHI/patient safety."

COVID-19 171

COVID-19 Telemedicine Compliance HIPAA 171

AIHC

JANUARY 28, 2022

For more information on filing compliance cost reports, attend the Medicare Cost Report Camp in March 2022 presented by KraftCPAs and sponsored by the American Institute of Healthcare Compliance. LTCHs are paid under the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System (LTCH PPS). This is known as the hospital “market basket.”

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Medicare Medicare Hospitals Payment Systems 52